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Flying reptile   /flˈaɪɪŋ rˈɛptaɪl/   Listen
Flying reptile

noun
1.
An extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb.  Synonym: pterosaur.





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... Age, or age of plant life, they did not attain their greatest development until Jurassic and Cretaceous times, when many were of prodigious size and ruled the world. The gigantic ichthyosaurs, mesosaurs, and dinosaurs held dominion over the sea and land, and the monster flying reptile, the ...
— Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania • Jewett Castello Gilson


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